Actually, I think that it would be delightful for Secretary Rumsfeld to go to Germany and bait these idiots. Let them try to arrest him and just see what would happen. It would be great theater!
A greater concern, however, is the plight of our military service men and women under these laws. I suppose that there will need to be some major international incident in order to get them repealed.
Have we moved our troops out of the EU-SSR yet??
I wish Rummy would go to Germany... and get arrested!
I'm dying for a re-match!
This is like Michael Jackson giving himself universal worldwide jurisdiction in prosecuting child molestation cases.
Smart move, Germany.
Arrest the guy who's got hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in your country.
I guess this means that the Germans self-proclaimed experts on war crimes. How appropriate.
"Mr Rumsfeld was among 10 high-ranking US civilian and military officials named in a criminal complaint filed November 30 with a German federal prosecutor by a US legal rights group seeking an investigation into the Americans' role in the torture and abuse of detainees in Iraq."
I don't think these people are stupid enough to try it.
But...
Germany? Are they still in business?
But between the UN and EU crapweasel laws, I wonder if even in FRANCE would Rummy be 'safe' from the grubby mitts of the ICC wannabe prosecutors--extradition tricks from FR to Germany....
Oh - I think there's a fairly easy way to solve THAT problem.
Just march into the German embassies, and arrest a few of their diplomats. They wanna arrest high US government officials. I say - beat 'em to the punch!
Now - which embassy goes first? Mmmmm. Maybe Rumsfeld, himself, could be in on the arrest. I'd love to see that on the news - and you know it would be.
-ccm
Of course nobody in Germany would arrest him in the moment. This is complete nonsense. He is absolutely safe, because he is bearing a diplomatic passport and the accusations are not suitable for an arrest. Apart from that, nobody in the German justice has the balls to play this game with Rummie.
The real dynamite in the World Court or in Germany's Code of Crimes Against International Law is the effect over longer terms. Since we do not know, if the future administrations in the US or elsewhere put enough pressure on nations like Germany not to prosecute "american war crimes", it could be possible that traveling through Europe will be a quite dangerous adventure for many american soldiers and politicians in the future. Imagine Hillary's (or any other democratic president) "Schadenfreude" if Rummie would be thrown into a sticky prison cell. There would be no help for him. Republicans have reasons to win the next elections.
BTW - Do you remember the case between Belgium and Ariel Sharon? Belgium was the first country that prosecuted crimes against humanity even if no one with Beligian nationality was involved in the crimes. In effect it was impossible for Sharon, who was in charge with the murder in Sabra und Shatila to visit Belgium between 2001 and 2003. In 2003 Belgium canged the law after being pressed by the US and Israel.
International Kangaroo Court ping
Close the bases. Close the bases. Close the bases.
Arrest Rummy...L.O.L.....Oh yeah!...just try it...for one thing they would have to get through his personnel security force...I thought the Germans were anti-violence.
It looks to me like Rummy is having a little fun using Germany's silliness against them. ;-) Rummy's visit to Germany is influenced by this "court" and so to may the presence of "many thousands of U.S. forces stationed there"?